“The loan fee attached to the move and the wages which were attached are not in the same stratosphere of where we are at,” said Neil.

“I wasn’t surprised Jordan moved on from West Ham, he’s the type of lad who wants to play football. When it is made clear to a player that you won’t feature that much, naturally you need to move on to play.”

North End will have their own ‘hurricane’ back tonight in the shape of Ben Pearson.

The fiery midfielder has completed a three-match ban for his red card following the final whistle against Bolton on September 1.

Darnell Fisher is banned for the clash by reason of two yellow cards picked up in the preceding rounds.

A rule change this season sees suspensions for cautions in the League Cup apply to that competition only.

However, red cards in the cup carry into the league, as happened with Ryan Ledson in the second round at Leeds.

Lukas Nmecha’s fitness will be assessed after a knee injury forced the teenage striker to miss the Sheffield United game.

Sean Maguire had his first training session with the squad on Sunday but is not yet ready to return.

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